I mentioned a few entries back that I had recently burned all our home movies to DVD. Because the tapes are each two hours long, but the DVDs are only one hour long, that meant I couldn’t just push the “record” button and walk off. I had to set a timer and keep checking back [...]
Today, in review: 6am: Alarm goes off, take shower, get dressed. 7am: Wake kids. Make breakfasts, help with clothes, help with hair, prepare snacks and lunches for school, continue helping with clothes and hair brushing because God forbid anyone do anything for themselves around here. 8 am: Drive kids to school, visit Book Fair with [...]
I decided, at the end of last school year, that I was tired of fighting the fight with the kids about the TV on school nights. Occasionally they would come home from school and do their homework right away; other days (most days) they would come home, make a beeline for the tv, grab a [...]
Kendrie — Day 197 OT Blaine — Five weeks since radiation ended; nine more ‘til we find out if it worked. (But he has gone back to work, half days, which I think is good for everyone. Especially his co-workers, who are probably sick and tired of picking up his slack.) OK, so, by the [...]
(WHEN THEY’RE NOT DRIVING ME CRAZY, THAT IS) Kendrie — Day 140 OTBlaine — One radiation treatment down …. Many to go As I am fond of telling my girlfriend Renee’, I have never in my life seen two children LESS equipped to be military brats than Kellen and Kendrie. Blaine left Monday for Seattle, [...]
Day 35 OT Yet another way my children differ from me, in the same vein as athletic ambition, is their bizarre-o desire to exercise. They think it’s fun. What’s up with that???? Anyway, we were watching my girlfriend Renee’s two sons the other night while she and her husband were at the Bon Jovi concert [...]
31 Days to Go You know how depending on your perspective, some things can be seen as a positive, or as a negative? Well, I have recently come to the conclusion that my children are either budding literary geniuses, or total scam artists. I’m not sure which. Last week, Kellen started writing stories at home. [...]